Screenwriter, film director Brian Russell De Palma in a career spanning over 50 years is best known for films such as Carrie (1976), Dressed to Kill (1980), Scarface (1983), The Untouchables (1987) and Mission: Impossible (1996), as well as cult favorites such as Sisters (1972), Phantom of the Paradise (1974), Blow Out (1981), Casualties of War (1989), and Carlito's Way (1993).